YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL

YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL operates as an average-sized junior high in BALCH SPRINGS, Texas, operated by DALLAS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 751 students spanning grades 6 through 9.

Across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD (140,630 students total), YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL reports that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GILBERT CUELLAR SR EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL has declined 39%, going from 1,227 students in 2018 to 751 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 19% to 12%.

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